Re: re-What would you do?

[Shawn Roth <ufpdev!shawnr@uunet.uu.net>]

Sorry to everyone who doesn't want any non-baseball chatter, but here is some
anyway.


Dan,

  You are overlooking the obvious.  Mcgwire has been hitting home runs
  averaging 430 feet, IF andro gave you a 5% muscle boost, thus allowing Big
  Mac to hit the ball 5% farther, the ball is still leaving the yard. It may
  not be as far, but it would still leave the yard.  Secondly, you cannot argue
  about pressure.  From all accounts I have heard lately Maris didn't have the
  tons of pressure that people thought he had.  The pressure didn't come until
  later in his career when he couldn't reproduce his home run feet.  I also can
  not believe you think there is little interest in the record.  It is on the
  front page of every paper,  the leading story on every news show, and the
  talk at everyones water cooler.  I'm not sure where you live, but just watch
  the news for 5 minutes and you will hear a story about it.  Finally, baseball
  has not lost it, thanks to Big Mac, and the possiblity that basketball may
  not be around, I think that baseball will be as big as before the strike.  

  Anyway, all this talk about the ball doesn't matter because as you probably
  already know (or possibly not since you don't think it is a big deal), a
  Cardinals worker got the ball from under the stands since it didn't go into
  the stands and gave it back to Mcgwire.

  Have a good day,


  Shawn

Originally from Dan Forant:
> 
> Correct, I wouldn't throw the ball back. What am I crazy? I would sell it
> to the highest bidder. You've lost track of reality if you think this
> record is superior to Maris's. Big Mac is just that, a souped up version (
> drugs)of the Michelin Man. There was much more pressure on Maris than Big
> Mac. Take the drugs away and he doesn't hit 45. There is little interest in
> this record for obvious reasons. Especially the fact that slowball has lost
> it long ago.
> Nuff said.
> >From: Shawn Roth <ufpdev!shawnr@uunet.uu.net>
> >Subject: Re: re-What would you do?
> >
> >Are you kidding Big Mac is just crushing balls out of parks, on the
> average of
> >about 430 or so feet per home run.  That would leave any ball park.  He has
> >been hitting them that far since he came into the league.  Also, if you
> >remember, which you seem not to, Maris hit like 22 homers of the expansion 
> >teams that year.  Maris also saw the same pithcers more often.  They didn't
> >have specialized pitchers back in those days (i.e. short relief, closers).
> >Also the strike zone isn't smaller in total area, just top to bottom, it is
> >much wider now than it was in the past....I will not discredit Big Mac, it
> >isn't his fault for playing in the 90s.  So be happy for the guy and get
> real,
> >you wouldn't throw back the ball.
> >
> >Shawn
> 
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